Man I feel you. I came home to a mess yesterday. I have an Aquac EV skimmer and the waste cup overflows into a seperate 1 gallon container. Well when the skimmer went crazy, it overlowed my 1 gallon container and went all over my floor in my living room. And to make it worse as it was spilling everywhere in my living room, my auto top off was just giving it more water to let it keep going!!!!!